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I have been getting very different results with my refractometer depending on when the sample is taken during the brew day. My pre boil and end of boil gravities always seem to be on target with what I expect out of my system but then after I cool the wort and I take a reading the gravity can...

I was lucky enough to score some ECY02 Flanders ale yeast a couple weeks ago and plan to brew in a week or so. My question is for anyone who has had experience with ECY, should I pitch as is or make a starter? I will be using it as my primary pitch. OG 1.060 5.5 gallons Cheers

So my wife just splurged and got me a new 13 gallon French oak barrel from Midwest homebrew supply. Do I really need to do the barrelkleen thing or can I just do the water soaks to get the wood to swell before I filler up? Thinking about doing a stout then maybe an ipa before bugging it up...

I pitched the 3711 and the Roselare at the same time in the beginning and when I racked to secondary it was already down to 1.002. I should have known better using the 3711 since its such a work horse. So now that there isn't anything for the lacto or brett to chew on what should I do? Let it...

I was reading the most recent BYO and on page 43 there is an add for conical fermenters from Homebrew House Discount but it seems kinda sketchy, no website or anything. Just send your money and pray? Has anyone gotten one of these? Go for it or too good to be true???

I ordered some stuff from the brewing network store like 2 weeks ago, they took my money and I haven't gotten my stuff. They won't respond to my emails or anything. All I want to know is whats going on, is it on back order, lost, something else??? Its pretty pathetic that they cant respond to...

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I want to brew a strong belgian ale and bottle it instead of keg. What is the highest level of carb. a reg bottle can handle. I would like to have it around 4 volumes but dont want bottle bombs. Any experience with this???

I have been getting a server error on this forum all day today. And this has been on diff. computers and different servers. work/home

I just read this on another thread and wished I had heard about this years ago so I decided to pass it along. Then again, maybe I am the last guy to have learned of this. Send white labs 10 labels off of their vials and they will give you a free vial of yeast. heres the link...

I usually get my bulk hops from hops direct but would like to be able to buy half a pound at a time for certain hops. What does everyone else do?

Brewed an IPA about two weeks ago that got too cold one night and pissed the yeast off. The beer has been stuck at 1.023 for over a week now and I'm thinking about adding some dregs from my favorite Jolly Pumpkin beer. Should I do that or just buy a pure culture of brett? I'm worried about it...

I made a starter as I always do, this time with 1056 and the first time I went to swirl it since I dont have a stir plate it fizzed up like it was carbonated! It fizzed so bad it came out of my flask. I dont see how it could have been an infection since i had just made it 15 min before this. Any...

I have a bunch of hops in the freezer but am planning my first sour beer come spring next year and wanted to age some hops. How do I go about this and will 6-7 months be long enough???

Just brewed a double IPA this morning and while cooling a leaf floated in the garage and landed in my wort. It was prob. around 120*F. Hope this still turns out good! Gotta get the beer active quick!!!

I brew lots of beer but this is my first wine!!! I just got it bottled and my kit instructions say to leave the bottles upright for three days before laying them down to age...Why is this? (just curious)

I usually keg most of my beer but do like to have a few around to let them age out or to take them places or give them away. What is the easiest way to keg most of you beer but bottle up a 12 pack. How do you only carb that little amount of beer? I havent heard good things about the carb tabs...

I am going to try my first lager as I just got that equiptment to allow me to controll my temps. I rarely rack to a secondary, even when I dry hop and am curious if it is necassary to use a secondary since the beer will be on the trub for such a long time? What do you guys/girls do??? Also, any...

So brew day went perfect... untill I dumped five gallons of wort on top of .25 - .5 gal of star san (diluted as recommended). So here is the infamous question: Is it ruined? or is it worth fermenting and eventually safe to drink???? Thanks everyone.

I am gonna be doing a run on four or five mini batches and don't want to over pitch. I usually do a 1 liter starter for liquid yeast or a rehydrated packet of dry yeast for 5 gallons, would these amounts be too much for a 2.5 - 3 gallon batch??? Thanks for all the help, this site has taken my...